--- title: "4 Ted Lyons Quotes - Famous Baseball player (Your America a Perfect World)" description: "Theodore Amar Lyons was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in 21 MLB season..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-lyons-89244.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ted Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-lyons-89244.jpg) # Ted Lyons (1900–1986) Baseball Player **4** quotes in **67** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ted Lyons was a baseball player, best known for *Your America a Perfect World*. ## Quick Facts About Ted Lyons Born December 28, 1900 Died July 25, 1986 Profession Baseball Player Notable works Your America a Perfect World ## About Ted Lyons Theodore Amar Lyons was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in 21 MLB seasons, all with the Chicago White Sox. He is the franchise leader in wins. Lyons won 20 or more games three times and became a fan favorite in Chicago. ## Quotes by Ted Lyons > [I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lyons/i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came-to-realize-i-had-a-little/) Ted Lyons [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/ted-lyons-72486_better_i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came_319339.jpg) > [I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lyons/i-lost-the-good-stuff-on-my-fastball-i-had-to-come-up-with-something/) Ted Lyons [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/ted-lyons-72486_baseball_i-lost-the-good-stuff-on-my-fastball-i-h_844628.jpg) > [One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lyons/one-day-there-were-two-out-in-the-ninth-and-i-hit-a-pop-fly-so-high/) Ted Lyons [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/ted-lyons-72486_come_one-day-there-were-two-out-in-the-ninth_1142535.jpg) > [When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lyons/when-i-walked-out-on-the-mound-i-felt-enclosed-you-see-i-d-been-used/) Ted Lyons [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/ted-lyons-72486_around_when-i-walked-out-on-the-mound-i-felt-en_2155098.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-lyons/#itemlist", "name": "Ted Lyons Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Lyons" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lyons/i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came-to-realize-i-had-a-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/ted-lyons-72486_better_i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came_319339.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/ted-lyons-72486_better_i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came_319339.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/ted-lyons-72486_better_i-studied-one-term-of-law-and-then-came_319339.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a…” — Ted Lyons", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I lost the good stuff on my fastball. 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